Close Call

April 28, 1985

JASPER, ALBERTA — A coyote dragged 2-year-old Leslie Garnham from her backyard where she was playing and across a gully. Her mother, Nancy, screamed for her husband, but the animal dropped Leslie and vanished. Don Dumpleton, chief warden at Jasper National Park: ''There have been incidents in the past when tourists have been bitten while trying to feed the animals, but this is the first account of a direct attack.'' Two coyotes were killed in the vicinity of the Garnham residence, and Dumpleton said they are being tested for rabies. Leslie: Hospitalized in Edmonton. Her mother calls her ''a pretty tough little cookie.''